Gabi Lunca
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Gabi Luncă is a Romani singer of urban lăutarească
music from Romania
, born in Vărbilău, Prahova County
.
Her father was also a lăutar, a violin
ist very respected among lăutari because he was a "notist" (he knew to read music). Her mother died when she was little and this left a major impression on her life - many of her song deal with the "mother" theme.
She was a favorite of Romania's communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu
and his wife Elena
.
In the later part of her life, Gabi Luncă converted to Pentecostalism
and started singing exclusively religious music.
She was married to the great accordion
ist Ion Stan-Onoriu.
Lautari
The Romanian word Lăutar denotes a class of traditional musicians. Most often, and by tradition, Lăutari are members of a professional clan of Romani musicians , also called Ţigani lăutari. The term is derived from Lăută the name of a string instrument...
music from Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, born in Vărbilău, Prahova County
Prahova County
Prahova is a county of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploieşti.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 829,945 and the population density was 176/km². It is Romania's most populated county, having a population density double than the country's mean...
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Her father was also a lăutar, a violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist very respected among lăutari because he was a "notist" (he knew to read music). Her mother died when she was little and this left a major impression on her life - many of her song deal with the "mother" theme.
She was a favorite of Romania's communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
and his wife Elena
Elena Ceausescu
Elena Ceaușescu was the wife of Romania's Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania.-Background:She was born Elena Petrescu into a peasant family in Petrești commune, Dâmboviţa County, in the informal region of Wallachia. Her family was supported by her father's job...
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In the later part of her life, Gabi Luncă converted to Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
and started singing exclusively religious music.
She was married to the great accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
ist Ion Stan-Onoriu.